Winds sweeping down the plains of Oklahoma may have led Lynn Seaton, who was born in Tulsa, to study, teach, and perform internationally. From the Sooner State, he would go to Ohio, New York, and other points in the USA, as well as Europe and Japan. During that time, he worked alongside dozens of artists including the Count Basie Orchestra, Herb Ellis, Tony Bennett, and Mel Tormé in the recording studio and at concerts and festivals. Currently, a full professor at UNT, Lynn is a member of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and is the 2008 Sammons Artist of the Year.